Hopelessness mediates the relationship between self-perceptions of aging and negative affect: within-person results from the health and retirement study.

IF 1.9 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Anxiety Stress and Coping Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-11 DOI:10.1080/10615806.2025.2490738

Mohsen Joshanloo

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Abstract

Backgrounds and objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of self-perceptions of aging on positive and negative affect and to examine whether this association is mediated by sense of hopelessness. It was hypothesized that increases in positive self-perceptions of aging would be associated with decreases in hopelessness over time, which in turn would be associated with higher future levels of affective well-being.

Methods: The study used longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study collected in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 (N ≈ 11,500, average age ≈ 62). The random-intercept cross-lagged panel model was used for analyzing the data. The mediation was tested at the temporal within-person level.

Results: The mediation hypothesis was supported for negative affect but not for positive affect. The results showed that higher-than-typical levels of positive perceptions of aging were associated with lower-than-typical levels of hopelessness, which in turn was related to lower-than-typical future levels of negative affect.

Conclusion: Hopelessness mediates the longitudinal relationship between self-perceptions of aging and negative affect. The findings emphasize the significance of considering hope in interventions designed to address negative affect and subjective beliefs about aging.

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无望在衰老自我认知与负面影响之间的关系中起中介作用：来自健康与退休研究的个人结果。

背景与目的：本研究旨在探讨衰老自我知觉对积极情绪和消极情绪的影响，并探讨这种关联是否由绝望感介导。据推测，随着时间的推移，对衰老的积极自我认知的增加与绝望的减少有关，而绝望的减少又与未来更高水平的情感幸福感有关。方法：采用2008年、2012年、2016年和2020年健康与退休研究的纵向数据（N≈11500，平均年龄≈62）。采用随机截距交叉滞后面板模型对数据进行分析。该中介在时间内的个人水平上进行了测试。结果：消极情绪的中介假说成立，积极情绪的中介假说不成立。结果显示，对衰老的积极认知水平高于典型水平，与绝望程度低于典型水平相关，而绝望程度又与未来的负面情绪水平低于典型水平相关。结论：无望感在衰老自我知觉与负性情绪的纵向关系中起中介作用。研究结果强调了在干预中考虑希望的重要性，这些干预旨在解决有关衰老的负面影响和主观信念。

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Anxiety Stress and Coping Multiple-

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期刊介绍： This journal provides a forum for scientific, theoretically important, and clinically significant research reports and conceptual contributions. It deals with experimental and field studies on anxiety dimensions and stress and coping processes, but also with related topics such as the antecedents and consequences of stress and emotion. We also encourage submissions contributing to the understanding of the relationship between psychological and physiological processes, specific for stress and anxiety. Manuscripts should report novel findings that are of interest to an international readership. While the journal is open to a diversity of articles.